Erin Macdonald

@drerinmac.bsky.social

Writer | Science Advisor (Star Trek franchise) | Producer | PhD, Astrophysics | she/her just an ancient tattooed 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 N7 Starfleet rebel pagan soul trapped in modern times https://linktr.ee/drerinmac

if you ever wonder how open secrets about terrible behavior fester in Hollywood and nothing is done, there’s likely no one more qualified than the great @moryan.bsky.social to break it down. Here she is on Jared Leto and Hollywood’s post #MeToo playbook [gift link]:

Opinion | Jared Leto and Hollywood’s Open Secrets (Gift Article)

Whispers can fester for years before anyone faces consequences. And the tactics celebrities use to escape scandal have completely changed.

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After my parents were visiting set for the first time, I asked my dad what he thought. He said “I didnt realize, it’s like you’re building a house, and once an hour good looking people run in and put on a play for five minutes. Then they leave and you go back to construction.”

Alvaro M. Bedoya@bedoyausa.bsky.social · last wk.

People think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...

Any Old English academics out there who can help with a translation? I'm trying to write "Welcome to _____" for a sign in Old English. I can find some interpretations of "welcome" but I'm not sure if they can be used in this function. ...

I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”

Elite Dangerous is such a great game for open, self directed gameplay with flying around in space. You can play solo, just with friends, or fully online. It is an absolute steal at these prices and worth every penny. Go out and lose yourself in space for a bit!

Erin Macdonald@drerinmac.bsky.social · last mo.

Elite Dangerous has a big summer sale on right now if you've been interested in diving into space exploration! I'm recording and editing a boatload of YouTube videos, coming next month! store.steampowered.com/developer/Fr...

Question: If I was to record and post my Elite Dangerous gameplay on a channel, would folks be interested in that? Minimal amounts (if any) of me talking, just relaxing exploration? I mostly just explore and take biological samples.

Hi everyone...I'm back! Since I stepped away, my lovely spouse got diagnosed with, and treated for, non-Hodgkins Lymphoma...he was part of a clinical trial w/ a great team & finished chemo last month. Oh, I also got to work on a new show that I'm excited to share with you all! Eventually!

Alan Rickman in Galaxy Quest: Never Give Up

Alt: Gif from Galaxy Quest of the alien brandishing his walking stick and saying "Never Give Up. Never Surrender."

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Last year I made an edited version of Home Alone 2 (yep, just cutting out that one scene as cleanly as possible) and let me tell you, Current Me is very proud that Past Me put in that work and now I have it every holiday season, happily edited.

Friends in the North-East US...check out this Science On Screen screening of ReENTRY in Martha's Vineyard with a special virtual, live presentation by me this Friday! It's a great sci-fi film and should be a fun evening! mvfilmsociety.com/2025/10/scie...

SCIENCE ON SCREEN® - ReENTRY with Guest Speaker Dr. Erin Macdonald and director Brendan Choisnet - Martha's Vineyard Film Society

Fri Dec 19, 7:30 pm @ Martha's Vineyard Film CenterBuy [...]

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obviously not the major driver of his health concerns but it is very funny to read A Christmas Carol as an adult and realize that when tiny tim first says "God bless us, every one!" he's a severely malnourished child and they've given him a cup of hot gin

There are, as of this moment, 969 episodes of Star Trek. If a new one doesn't appeal to you, I'm sure there's something in the literal month-long runtime of previous series you can enjoy silently by yourself. To quote MST3K -- repeat to yourself, "it's just a show, I should really just relax."

For most of us we've written our specs. We've written MANY. We have great samples. We have good feedback. We KEEP WRITING. The problem? No one is reading. Rooms will not read lower levels. As such, agents will not read us because they can not get us work. We're writing specs for an army of one.

I finally got some clarity on this, so sorry for the delay but it's not actually me who did the advising on PLURIBUS (though I would have LOVED to work with that team!). It seems to be an immunologist named Erin McDonald. It's wild that there are two of us doing TV science consulting!

Jessie Gender@jessiegender.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Ahhh the legendary Vince Gilligan calling out my bestie @drerinmac.bsky.social on the official Pluribus podcast!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️